through the trials and tribulations of life and infertility

My mom got good news!

My mom saw the oncologist that did her radiation again yesterday, 2 weeks after she stopped treatment and he said that he cannot feel the para-aortic glands anymore. He was able to feel them with his hands before. He said he is 100% sure that the treatment worked and will keep on working for at least 3 more months. He also said that those glands should be completely dead, that due to the treatment there cannot be anymore life in it, so there cannot be anymore cancer left in it. She will see the oncologist that did the chemotherapy next week and go for blood tests again, but since her blood tests were always negative for cancer we don’t expect any problems there.

My mom expects that they will take another CT scan in about 3 month’s time and I am confident that we will then hear that all is well. My mom says that the radiation was more accurate this time, they treated her from 4 angles instead of 3 like her first time, and they did it for minutes at a time, where her first time was only seconds per angle. So the treatment was concentrated to a smaller area, but more intense on that area.

My mom’s bowels are also much better, she hasn’t had any more bleeding in a long time and the IBS symptoms are getting less by the day. She says she feels much, much better than a few months ago. She is still a bit tired from the radiation, but that is also getting better by the day. She looks good too, she’s picked up a bit of weight and doesn’t look almost anorexic anymore, and her hair has grown so much that she threw away her wig. Her hair has grown out nice and thick, it’s still short and she’s coloured it already, but she will probably go cut it soon in a nice short hairstyle.

Praise the Lord! Thank you Jesus! We are so thankful that it all worked out well!